July 2011 – Walk Set-Apart

Yahushua came to go to the lost sheep of the House of Israel

Shalom everyone,

Transcript for the video is posted below.

Shalom,

Dirk

—Transcript—

Hello, my name is Dirk.

Now I am going to explain the third reason why Yahushua came here. The first reason being that Yahushua came so that our death penalty can be nailed on the stake and the second reason is that Yahushua came to make sure we knew that the Torah was still for today. Now I am going to explain the third reason why Yahushua came which is written in the next verse.

Slide: Matthew 15:24—And He answered, said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Yisrael.”

Did you see the verse where Yahushua said, “I come for the lost sheep of the house of Israel”? I will elaborate more about this in later vlogs but this is a very condensed version focusing on the reason why Yahushua came—which is for the lost sheep of the House of Israel.

In our world, one of world strongest religion is christianity. This is true, however, where is the House of Israel? If you are thinking, Jews are the House of Israel, which is not correct. Like I said, I will explain more. The Jews are not the House of Israel. The Jews are from the southern kingdom of Judah.

To give you history in few words, Israel was divided in two kingdoms, the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom. The southern Kingdom is the House of Judah and is known today as the Jews. The northern kingdom is known as the House of Israel. They were destroyed because of their disobedience against YHWH. History in few words!

However, Yahushua came for the lost sheep—meaning they are gone, we do not know where they are–of the House of Israel. Where is Christianity in this picture? Something for you to think about. Let us proceed to the next verse explaining more about this.

Slide: Matthew 10:5— יהושע sent these twelve out, having commanded them, saying, “Do not go into the way of the gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Shomeronites,

Matthew 10:6—but rather go to the lost sheep of house of Yisrael

Where did Yahushua send his 12 disciples? “go to the lost sheep of house of Yisrael. Yahushua told them not to go by the way of gentiles or to the Samarians. Go only to the lost sheep of house of Israel. Where is Christianity? Nowhere, the focus was to that house of Israel.

Yahushua emphasized about the lost sheep in John 10:16.

Slide: John 10:16— “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold – I have to bring them as well, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

Yahushua said “I have other sheep, not in this fold, I have to bring them so that there will be one flock, and one shepherd.” The other sheep are where? Lost, so they need to be sought out and found. Then bring them which mean that there will be one flock and one shepherd. Remember I explained to you briefly in the beginning of the video about the two kingdoms, the north and south. Both were divided and the north kingdom disappeared now we have to look and find where they are then bring them back so that they will become one flock again. This means that the house of Judah, the Jews, will join again with the house of Israel—the people who believe in Yahushua and obey the Torah doing the YHWH’s commandments.

Yahushua made it clear when he spoke to the Jews saying “since you do not believe, they are not of my sheep.” Read John 10:26.

Slide: John 10:26-27— “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

The situation that occurred during this verse has to do with Jews asking Yahushua if he was the messiah, and if so, why doesn’t he let them know. Yahushua’s response was what I do here in my Father’s name, you should already know but because you do not believe, then you are not my sheep. He made it even clearer, my sheep know me and I know my sheep. I want to make it plainly clear that the reason Yahushua came was for the lost sheep of house of Israel not christianity. This means that the people who believe in Yahushua the Messiah and obey the Father’s commandments—Torah, are of the house of Israel.

Now some of you might not agree with me and say what about Paul going out to preach to the gentiles? I understand this issue, I want to discuss this further after reading the following verse and discuss the situation that transpired between Shaul (you know him as Paul and Barnabas) and the Jews in that verse.

Slide: Acts 13:46-47— But speaking boldly, Sha’ul and Barnaḇah said, “It was necessary that the word of Elohim should be spoken to you first, but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, see, we turn to the gentiles. “For so the Master has commanded us, ‘I have set you to be a light to the gentiles, that you should be for deliverance to the ends of the earth.’ ”

The situation that occurred with Shaul and Barnabas occurred during one Sabbath. Shaul and Barnabas were preaching and there were a great deal of people who came to listen to them. The Jews were enraged to jealousy. What happened in the verses has to do with Shaul and Barnabas’s response. “Because you rejected Yahushua” (basically to sum it up it was their rejection of Yahushua) “ you will not have everlasting life. Now we will turn to the gentiles because YHWH commanded us to be a light to the gentiles.”

Does this mean that Israel is no more? No, remember what I said to you earlier about the north kingdom which is the House of Israel. Where are they? We know they are lost. Does this mean they are somewhere together or dispersed everywhere? I will explain more about this later but basically the north kingdom—the house of Israel was dispersed all over the world and no one knows where they are, they are gone. What they have become are gentiles.

Paul or rather Shaul is being sent to go to the gentiles and who is there? The house of Israel. The situation that Shaul and Barnabas spoke those words was written many years ago as a prophecy. Read Isaiah 49:6, please read it now.

Slide: Isaiah 49:6— and He says, “Shall it be a small matter for You to be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Yaʽaqoḇ, and to bring back the preserved ones of Yisra’ĕl? And I shall give You as a light to the gentiles, to be My deliverance to the ends of the earth!”

In the verses in Acts 13:47 and Isaiah 49:6 both have the same verses in it—will be a light to the gentiles for deliverance. What happened is not new, Paul did not start something new. It was already planned long time ago. To bring back the people (the lost sheep) of the house of Israel back. This is Yahushua’s purpose when he came here.

Paul/Shaul was doing his duty when he was commanded to go to the gentiles and he went willingly because he know that the lost sheep of the House of Israel was where the gentiles were, letting them know so that they could be brought back. I want you to read Ephesians 2:12-13 and I will talk more about this.

Slide: Ephesians 2:12-13— that at that time you were without Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Yisra’ĕl and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no expectation and without Elohim in the world. But now in Messiah יהושע you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

Notice the verse where it says that if you are not with Messiah, Yahushua, then you are not part of Israel but because you accept Yahushua you are bought from afar because of Yahushua the Messiah’s blood. Remember what I said about where the house of Israel is? They are lost in faraway places, they need to be found and brought near and become part of the flock. This is the reason Yahushua came, not to start a new religion, not to start a new teaching. All that Yahushua taught came from his Father and was brought forth from the Torah. I want you to know the truth. Later I will explain more about the House of Israel and the House of Judah and the whole history in later vlogs. However, for now to make it clear and to the point the reason why Yahushua came which is to go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel who are lost in the world where the gentiles live. Yahushua sent Shaul to go and find them and bring them back.

When you accept Yahushua, you become part of Israel. There is another verse I want to bring to your attention and this is in Revelation. The book about end of times. Where is Christianity? It is not mentioned in there. A new temple will be built and will have twelve gates. One gate for each of the 12 tribes of the House of Israel where before they were divided and now are one flock with Yahushua as the shepherd. Read the verse and I will explain more after this.

Slide: Revelation 21-12—and having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written on them, which are those of the twelve tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl:

Who is there at the end? The House of Israel. When Yahushua comes back, the House of Israel will be present. Not christianity. In a previous vlog, I mentioned about why people do not know about House of Israel and the fact that christianity ought not be here. There is a purpose for everything. YHWH has a plan for everything. What would you say if I told you that the people who are part of the House of Israel but do not realize it are hidden inside christianity. Now is the time to wake up and start to realize that they are part of House of Israel and not of christianity as long as they know Yahushua the Messiah and follow the instructions of the Father—the Torah.

Yahushua came to… Make sure that we know that the Torah and Prophets is not abolished or destroyed (Part Two)

Shalom,

This is part two of the video. Transcript is posted below.

May YHWH bless you during this Shabbat.

Shalom,

Dirk

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The verse says that we must walk like Yahushua walked. Paul was picked by

Yahushua to preach to the gentiles around the world and people in Church generally believe that Paul preached that we do not have to follow the Torah.

But this is not what Paul preached. Peter, one of Yahushua’s 12 disciples, wrote cautioning readers to be careful when reading Paul’s writing because it is difficult to understand. People will twist Paul’s writings for their gain. I want to show you a verse from Romans 3:31which says clearly that Torah still is for today.

Slide: Romans 3:31

Paul wrote “Do we nullify (remove, do away with, not need anymore) the Torah through faith or belief? Paul also wrote, “Nay, it is actually contrary (opposite), we actually establish the Torah” This is what Paul wrote. What Paul meant was “When we have faith/belief does it mean Torah ends/is no more? No, through faith we establish the Torah.” This means Torah is still for today. I do not mean that I believe in Yahushua, Torah is put aside or passed away. Paul emphasized that this was not the case and that the Torah was still established.

After Yahushua was teaching about how precious children were, he was approached by a teacher who asked how he could have everlasting life. I want you to see what Yahushua’s response was to this question.

Slide: Matthew 19:16-17

This person asked Yahushua, what good can I do to get everlasting life. Yahushua replied “Good? There is no one here who is good except for Elohim—you want everlasting life—sure—guard His commands. The word guard does not necessary mean protect as a shield, it means we adhere to it and by adhering to it, we are actually keeping the Torah alive. We do not let it be destroyed. We adhere to it.

Yahushua tells us that if we want everlasting life, we must adhere (guard) to His commands. In Proverbs 7:2 which says “If you want life, guard His commands”

Slide: Proverbs 7:2

Proverbs 7:2 tells us “Guard my (meaning YHWH’s) commands and live. This means with His Commands we do, do what we are supposed to do. The Torah which is an apple of your eye (very precious/special) meaning the Torah is very previous/special. This means YHWH looks at the Torah as a very important thing for you. You should also look at the Torah and take it, look at it as very precious/special. Church teaches that Torah is put away/done with; in the book of Revelation (the last book of the Bible) there are several verses tell us who will be there at the end. Who the remnants are, those who do two things, the first being that they believe in Yahushua and the second being that they guard His commands.

Let’s look at the first verse from Revelation.

Slide: Revelation 12:17

Guard, which means adhere, the commands of Elohim and the witness of Yahushua the Messiah—the remnants at the end have both of them. Guarding the commandments of Elohim and witness of Yahushua the Messiah, this means that the people believe in Yahushua. Revelation 14:12 says that those who endure to the end, the set-apart (holy) ones believe in guarding/adhering to the commands of Elohim and the belief of Yahushua the Messiah. Read the verse.

Slide: Revelation 14:12

At the end, it is the people who believe in both, guarding the commandments of Elohim and the belief of Yahushua. Yahushua came to let us know that the Torah is still for today– I did not come to destroy the Torah. The death penalty of us sinning against YHWH has already been nailed to the stake. We now know that we can guard the commandments, adhere to YHWH’s commandments without fear of getting the death penalty if we believe in Yahushua the Messiah.

I am not here to tell you that what the Church is doing or teaching is wrong. I want you to know the truth in the Bible that I have learned after years of studying and learning what is the truth. There is a purpose for everything including why YHWH hid this information and not let the people know the truth. I will elaborate more on this later but it is important that you know now. Torah is still for us today. This is what Yahushua came to let us know.

I will close with a last verse from Revelation in which Yahushua himself says, I am the Aleph and Taw. In Greek, it is Alpha and Omega, but in Hebrew it is Aleph and Taw with Taw being the last letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. I am the Aleph and Taw, the Beginning and End, the First and Last. Yahushua said this, and then in the next verse has Yahushua saying that those who guard His commands will have access to the Tree of Life. The emphasis here is belief in Yahushua the Messiah and guarding YHWH’s commandments.

You will have life.

Slide: Revelation 22:14

Yahushua came to… Make sure that we know that the Torah and Prophets is not abolished or destroyed (Part One)

Shalom,

Transcript of video is posted below.

Have a blessed Shabbat.

Shalom,

Dirk

—-Transcript—–

Hello, my name is Dirk.

In the previous vlog, I explained about what was nailed on the stake. Our death penalty for sinning against YHWH is what is nailed on the stake. Yahushua died so that our sins could be forgiven. Churches teach Law, also known as Torah, is no more. If we believe in Yahushua, this means that we do not need to follow the Law. We now have grace.

Did Yahushua teach us this? Did Yahushua tell us that we no longer have to follow the Torah/Law? One of the verses that the church normally uses to teach that we do not need to follow the Law is from Matthew 5:17. In the verse Yahushua says “I did not come to destroy the Torah or Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete”—other bible translations use the word fulfill. Let’s look at the verse and we will discuss further.

Slide of Matthew 5:17

Yahushua said “I did not come to destroy but to complete (or fulfill)’’. Church often use the sign for the word fulfill (see sign). The sign indicates that it means it is finished, it is done, not needed any more. But the problem here is, Yahushua says I did not come to destroy—but to—complete/fulfill. If I am to say that it is done, finished and no longer needed, that means I must stop the Law, I must destroy the Law and make it no more. Yahushua would not say that. He would not say I come not to destroy and to end it. Stop the Law which means I must destroy it. This does not make sense.

Let me give you an example, I tell my daughter, from now on, when you enter the house, you will take your shoes off so that the house will be clean. My daughter follows my instructions and has never broken it. What this means is that she fulfilled my instructions. She acted on my instructions and obeyed me. With this same context in mind, we understand that the word complete or fulfill means that we did what YHWH instructed us. We acted on it. We did it. Yahushua says “I did not come to destroy but to do what the Father instructed me to do”. This means that Yahushua obeyed the Father. To you and me, this means that the Torah still stands today. Torah did not stop.

I want you to really think about this deeply because this is very important and life altering change for you if you still feel that the Law does not apply to us because of grace. But this is not what Yahushua taught us. Yahushua taught that we must love and thus we are following what the Torah teaches us.

When we fulfill YHWH’s Instructions (this is what Torah means, it means Father’s Instructions to us). We do what the Torah teaches us, this means we are obeying the Father, in other words we are fulfilling the Law.

Slide: Yahushua obeyed the Torah and Prophets

Do you understand? Yahushua followed the Father, His expectations of us and of Him (Yahushua). Following His Instructions, it is as simple as that. Yahushua did not come to tell people that I did not come to destroy or stop the Torah, I came to follow the Father’s Instructions. This is what chapter 5:17 talks about. Verse 18 goes one step further and tells us that the Torah itself is so big that it is more important than the heavens or earth. Go ahead and read verse 18.

Slide: Matthew 5:18

I want to talk about two things. The first one is that this particular verse says that “heaven and earth will pass away (‘Pass away’ means destroyed) when every small part of the Torah is done.” In the Torah are both Instructions and Prophecy, which means things that will happen in the future. Has all the prophecy been met? No. This means that the heaven and earth must be destroyed before all parts of the Torah are met. I open my window or go out of my front door in the morning and get my breath of fresh air. I can look up and see the heavens, beautiful blue skies, and beautiful clouds. I can look down to the ground and see the green grass and trees around me. This means that the heavens and earth are still here. It has not been destroyed. If that is true then it means logically that the Torah is still for today. The Instructions still stand today. Prophecies will still be met.

The second thing is about the words jot and tittle. Jot means the smallest part, the smallest letter of the Hebrew language which is Yod. YHWH’s name, the first letter of His name is Yod. Tittle is even smaller than the jot. If the smallest part of the Hebrew language that the Instructions that YHWH gave us is written in the Torah is not done or met. This means that the Torah is still for today.

Remember our death penalty is already nailed on the stake. That one single thing allows us to face YHWH with Yahushua as our savior permitting us to face YHWH. The Torah, our Father’s instructions for us still remains for us today.

There is another verse that explains clearly how important the jot and tittle is for today while the heavens and earth can easily be destroyed first before the jot and tittle.

Slide: Like 16:17

I will say this to you. The Torah is still for us today. It still applies in our lives. YHWH’s instructions to us are very important in our lives. Our guidance, what we are to do, how do we traverse through life are based on what? It is based on His expectations, His guidance for us. If the Father tells us how very important the Torah is, we are to agree and support it.

Is it right to say that if the Father says the Torah is very important, we are to say no, we have grace and that is enough? We cannot have the Father telling us that the Torah is important and then the Father telling us that Grace alone is sufficient. Both conflict each other.

The grace is that the death penalty is nailed on the stake allowing us to face the Father. The grace is that we now can follow the Torah without worrying about the punishment. Our hearts can now obey and proceed with joy. Isaiah 42:21 explains what the Father feels about the Torah. How important it is. Go ahead and read it.

Slide: Isaiah 42:21

With Grace, our hearts know how blessed by YHWH we are to live without the death penalty. Knowing Yahushua died for us so that our sins are forgiven, is a tremendous thing to behold. With Grace, do we now try to figure things out on our own? Reading New Testament only and trying to figure out what Yahushua is trying to say? That is not so. Torah itself is our guide, the information we need to know in order to behave in life according to Father’s expectation of us. The verse in Psalms 119:105 very clearly says “The word (Torah) is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”. We have a lamp in our hand in front of us, which is the Torah. Put it down to my feet and we can see where we are going in front of us. We do not need to worry about what is right of us or left of us. The light tells us where YHWH wants us to go—following the path. Read the verse from Psalms 119.

Slide: Psalms 119:105

I feel that this is very important that you understand this. If you struggle with this, I understand completely. I used to go through this myself. After reading the bible for many years as a Christian, I too believed the Torah was not needed to be followed. Yet I struggled. After years of studying, I came to understand that the Torah is still a very important part of our lives. Many people in Church may not understand or be resistant because their pastor or their parents tell them that following the Torah is not necessary. I understand this.

I ask that you pray on this, ask the Father to guide you, show you the truth because we are supposed to use Yahushua as an example for our lives. First John 2:1-6 clearly states how important it is for us to follow His commandments. Verse 6 sums it very well. We are to walk like Yahushua walked. How did Yahushua walk? Obeying His Father and loving others. What more can we say about that?

Pray deeply about this very important thing.